Yes, the Thunder managed to walk away from their Sunday night matchup against the depleted Spurs with a 90-87 victory, but afterward, George, who shot a miserable 2-for-17 from the field, voiced his displeasure with the game’s officiating.

Paul George is not shy about speaking his mind about officiating. Tried not to tonight, then got a follow-up and couldn’t resist. pic.twitter.com/5SEa4Zivvn

“It’s hard, it’s hard, especially when the game is being called a certain way and it’s just cheap fouls,” George said, charging the officials for being too quick with the whistle before pointing out what he felt was a lack of reciprocity on the other end.

“On the other end, I try to attack ‘if they’re gonna call it this way, lemme see if i can pick up some cheap fouls that they’re giving them’ and no calls,” he said.

George says that he has come to expect disparate treatment from NBA officials, but concluded with a simple “It is what it is.”

We have to admit that George seems to have a point. Anyone who’s watched a fair number of Thunder games this season has seen at least one or two instances each night where it seems that a rather obvious foul call was missed.

For what it’s worth, the Spurs shot 23 free throws to just 21 for the Thunder. The Thunder rank 14th in the league with 22.1 free throw attempts per game. In terms of free-throw differential, on average, the Thunder attempt -0.2 less free throws per game than their opponents.

In other words, on a game to game basis, the team is shooting about the same amount of free throws as their opponents, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that officials aren’t missing calls.

Clearly, we know how George feels about the situation.

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